Chapter 2707 — Things Lost
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"So that is how it is." Wei Zhao actually felt relieved. This trip had not been in vain—at the very least, he had learned something about Inheritors. In other words, even if Feng Xiaoxiao did accept the inheritance, as long as she did not go through with that dangerous business, the only benefit she would gain was faster cultivation, with no downside at all!
Therefore, after Feng Xiaoxiao accepted the inheritance, Bingtang could still receive one as well. So long as Wei Zhao could change her constitution, she could take Feng Xiaoxiao's place. At this thought, Wei Zhao made up his mind.
He would cultivate diligently and reach the Heaven Tier as soon as possible, then continue raising the strength of White Leader, Han Jingyi, and Guan Xin. Even if he himself could not refine rank pills, he could have these three help him refine them. That way, although Wei Zhao still could not become an alchemist and could not satisfy Bingtang's condition for becoming his tiny-tiny-tiny-tiny wife, he did not much care.
His desire to make Bingtang his tiny-tiny-tiny-tiny wife was entirely to take her down a peg—he was not used to her cold arrogance and the way she looked down on him. But compared with Feng Xiaoxiao's safety, Feng Xiaoxiao mattered more.
"According to what is written in this Record of Strange Tales and Curious Matters, the treasure that can identify a cultivator's constitution is in the last stone gate. Let us go there together," said White Leader. Then he cautioned them: "Here, Patriarch Zhang Lifeng also left us a hint: in the last stone gate there is a trapped poison mist, and anyone caught by it will go blind. But there is a room here with the antidote. Any fellow traveler skilled in medicine can neutralize the poison."
"Oh?" Wei Zhao was briefly taken aback, recalling the state Yuhuoxing had been in. Zhang Lifeng had probably guessed that people would come to this ancient tomb in the future, but his traps were meant for fellow physicians or alchemists. Toward a simple tomb robber like Yuhuoxing, he had shown no mercy at all.
If a person had consulted the texts, he was surely of the same profession, and so would naturally not fall victim. Even if such a person had not consulted them, once caught he could cure himself. The tragedy was for people like Yuhuoxing.
What puzzled Wei Zhao, though, was that this book had been leafed through. Could it be that whoever had entered the tomb later knew the book hinted at the trap in the last stone gate, and that was why they had looked through it? But if he already knew about the trap, why look through the book at all? Could he have come to look up the antidote formula?
All these doubts left Wei Zhao baffled. He could not quite work it out. But if that were truly the case, then this tomb robber must have gone to the last stone gate!
"Let us go over," Wei Zhao said, drawing a deep breath. He hoped the treasure he needed had not been carried off by this later tomb robber; otherwise, the whole trip would have been for nothing.
The three of them walked toward the last stone gate, not returning to the display room. When they reached the gate, Wei Zhao placed his hand on the stone door, but did not push it open at once. Instead, he waited for a warning signal from the jade pendant.
'The Campus Belle's Close Bodyguard'—because Wei Zhao could not be sure whether this later tomb robber had reset any traps, or whether the man... was still in the ancient tomb and had not yet left!
What reassured Wei Zhao was that the jade pendant gave no warning signal at all. His heart eased slightly, and he pushed open the door of the stone chamber.
Still, a question occurred to Wei Zhao: "By the way, Zhang Lifeng's medical notes said he had no sons or daughters and no disciples. Then what is the Five Luminaries Sect about?"